computing textwidth with the function drawtext

[xmenu] / xmenu.1

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@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 xmenu \- menu utility for X
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B xmenu
 xmenu \- menu utility for X
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B xmenu

-.RB [ \-w ]
+.RB [ \-iw ]
+.RB [ -p
+.IR position ]

 .RI [ title ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B xmenu
 .RI [ title ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B xmenu


@@ -14,9 +16,27 @@ and outputs the item selected to stdout.
 .PP
 The options are as follows:
 .TP
 .PP
 The options are as follows:
 .TP

+.B -i
+Disable icons.
+.B xmenu
+allocates a space at the left side of the menu for the icons;
+if there is no icon, then this space will be blank.
+Setting the
+.B -i
+option removes this space, making the menu narrower.
+.TP
+.BI -p " position"
+Set the position to spawn xmenu.
+Without this option, xmenu spawns next to the cursor.
+.I position
+is a string of the form
+.BR INTxINT ,
+where the first INT is the x position and the second INT is the y position.
+.TP

 .B -w
 Asks the window manager to draw a border around the menus.
 .B -w
 Asks the window manager to draw a border around the menus.

-This option may be buggy in some window managers, specially tiled ones.
+This option may be buggy in some window managers,
+specially tiled ones that do not respect window hints.

 .PP
 Each item read from stdin has the following format:
 .IP
 .PP
 Each item read from stdin has the following format:
 .IP


@@ -77,6 +97,8 @@ understands the following X resources.
 .TP
 .B xmenu.font
 The font in which the labels should be drawn.
 .TP
 .B xmenu.font
 The font in which the labels should be drawn.

+Multiple fonts can be added as fallback fonts;
+they must be separated by a comma.

 .TP
 .B xmenu.background
 The background color of non-selected items in the menu.
 .TP
 .B xmenu.background
 The background color of non-selected items in the menu.